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...safari look to be a commercial success. "It certainly used to sell when Saint Laurent did it," says Kal Ruttenstein, the senior vice president for fashion direction at Bloomingdale's. "And something has to come after jeans for casual wear. Safari jackets, if they're not too stiff, can look very modern...
...Presidents have sought to define themselves by their role as Commander in Chief as much as George W. Bush. Even before he assumed office, Bush declared his willingness to use the U.S.'s military supremacy to deter enemies. "Armies and missiles are not stopped by stiff notes of condemnation," he said in 1999. "They are held in check by strength and purpose and the promise of swift punishment." Bush's faith in military force became the guiding tenet of his presidency after 9/11. "He determined on that day that you could not fight this war just on defense," Rice says...
...bursting into tears even when Bobbie spills a microwave dinner on her suede coat (she knows it won’t wash out, we learn, because she comes from a family of dry cleaners). Glamorous Lopez tries to manage this cold-fish role only by wearing a squinty, stiff-faced expression that makes it look as though she’s not only sedated but, perhaps, freshly escaped from an incomplete endoscopy...
...wear and tear on the joints), you can also find substantial relief just by building up the muscles that surround those joints--for example, through gentle exercises like Tai Chi, yoga or walking. The point is to keep the joints moving, even if they start the day a little stiff...
Though Matt Schindel has been perfect on field goal tries thus far this season, it’s safe to say the freshman hasn’t faced so stiff a kick-blocking challenge in his young career...